La Liga 2023-24

[Scandale du Jour]

Much better second half. Now, go Girona!

 

[gary69]

Barca takes an early lead, Christensen of all people, chested the ball into control nicely and then volleys it in.

But Girona strike back immediately from kick-off, Duvbnyk with his 20th of the season.

 

[gary69]

Barca retakes the lead with a Lewa penalty right at the end of 1st half.

 

[gary69]

Tough for Barca, as Portu scores the equalizier about a minute after coming on. Dovbnyk with patience to wait until squaring the ball for the scorer.

And Gutierrez puts Girona ahead. Barca defence collapsing.

Edit: And with Portu scoring his 2nd to make it 4-2, looks like Girona will mathematically secure their CL spot with this win.

 

[The Marquis]

Boy, Girona sure showed up today.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Campeones!!!!

 

[gary69]

Will RM party hard for 3 days or just shrug off the title celebrations with business as usual and be back training tomorrow.

 

[luiginb]

Aaaand just like that I'm back on the #xaviout train

 

[PeteWorrell]

Aaaand just like that I'm back on the #xaviout train

iXavi se queda!

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Will RM party hard for 3 days or just shrug off the title celebrations with business as usual and be back training tomorrow.

They said they would not celebrate.

 

[luiginb]

iXavi se queda!

I don't mind finishing behind Real and being eliminated by PSG, as we can't match those teams at this point in our history.

But finishing a whole season behind Girona is a historical disgrace.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I don't mind finishing behind Real and being eliminated by PSG, as we can't match those teams at this point in our history.

But finishing a whole season behind Girona is a historical disgrace.

To be fair Girona has dirty City money. You should not feel too bad.

Besides, it is not over. You guys can still finish ahead of them.

 

[Evilo]

I don't mind finishing behind Real and being eliminated by PSG, as we can't match those teams at this point in our history.

But finishing a whole season behind Girona is a historical disgrace.

More than anything, when Xavi says he leaves Barca wins. When he says he stays, they lose.

 

[gary69]

I don't mind finishing behind Real and being eliminated by PSG, as we can't match those teams at this point in our history.

But finishing a whole season behind Girona is a historical disgrace.

Finishing behind Girona would be much worse than finishing behind Espanyol, who at least have previous good Spanish top flight history behind them with some 3rd place finishes.

 

[Islesfan22]

Will Modric stay? The way he played today he sure looks like he still has something left. Class performance!

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Will Modric stay? The way he played today he sure looks like he still has something left. Class performance!

Yeah, I think he stays for one more year.

 

[les Habs]

Pretty frustrating to watch Valencia struggle so much due to a terrible owner. Their social media team tries to highlight the fact that they use their academy players more than almost any other top division team in Europe but it's only due to Lim refusing to spend any money.

Amunt!

Valencia should be proud of promoting from the cantera, but the club is definitely being mismanaged. It wouldn’t take a huge outlay to make them more competitive either if they scout well. Imagine if they’d only spent the 21 million it took for Sporting Lisbon to get a guy like Gyokeres. Sure they need more than just him, but a goalscorer like that for Valencia is probably the difference between mid table and a European place. Also, with the stadium and being in Europe the investment probably largely pays for itself.

I don't mind finishing behind Real and being eliminated by PSG, as we can't match those teams at this point in our history.

But finishing a whole season behind Girona is a historical disgrace.

So glad I prioritized birdwatching instead of the match today.

Actually, we have to give Girona some credit because irrespective of us they’re still having a very strong season. You’re still right though. It’d be OK if we didn’t have the talent, but we do. I’m not even a fan of some of our highest profile players, but we should still be performing better. I have a feeling we either won’t/can’t get rid of the players we should, but I hope we can at least bring in a couple of players we need.

Also, agreed on Xavi. Managerial merry-go-round has changed a bit in the last couple of weeks and now I’m definitely more in the camp of “take a chance and bring him in”. It’s not as though there aren’t still some interesting managers out there, though a couple of weeks ago it seemed as though there were destined for elsewhere. I think my biggest gripe are his selections and refusal to give guys minutes because they weren’t “his signings” even if they perform.

 

[Power Man]

More than anything, when Xavi says he leaves Barca wins. When he says he stays, they lose.

Dude is toying with his players’s emotions, shameless

 

[luiginb]

Barcelona get some unexpected help from hard working Alaves, who draw Girona in the 97th minute. Son for ex Barcelona player Hagi involved heavily in that final play.

 

[les Habs]

Barcelona get some unexpected help from hard working Alaves, who draw Girona in the 97th minute. Son for ex Barcelona player Hagi involved heavily in that final play.

Sadly we still have to rely on ourselves which is something I’m not too confident in.

 

[gary69]

Fran Garcia scores his first goal of the season and first for RM senior team (he has scored for other La Liga teams previous seasons). Brahim Diaz with an assist accross the box.

Before the goal, Guler had been the most industrious of Real Madrid players, but nothing to show for it. Courtois has made a good save or two.

Edit: Guler gets his reward with a goal, buildup by Brahim Diaz and Fran Garcia, the latter making the final pass. 2-0 at half-time.

Edit2: Brahim Diaz continues his good form. He turns with the ball at half-way line, goes past several Granada players and calmly places his shot to score in successive matches.

Some minutes later Brahim scores his second from inside the box with a quick turn after Modrid passed the ball to him.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Guder has 3 goals in 3 starts. Kid is doing very well

 

[les Habs]

Las Palmas lost their 8th in a row and haven’t won in 11 matches or two months. Real tale of two halves for them. They could actually go down mathematically, though they’d have to lose their remaining matches. Hopefully they stay up, but have to wonder how Pimienta survives for next season.

Hopefully the bottom three remain the bottom three. Celta could go down as well, but I think they’ll stay up. Wouldn’t be good going down in your centenary season, though might serve you right putting Benitez in charge.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Cadiz needs a miracle to not go down, so yeah, it's them for sure

 

[gary69]

Barca go ahead from a counter attack against Socieded.

Gundogan was too slow, so he would have been caught even with having a head start of 5 metres with the ball, but at least he was smart enough to pass to Yamal, who scored.